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This week, I’m doing something unprecedented: splitting Cover Snark into two posts in the same week. Last week, I couldn’t post it because I was on a business trip and had almost no free time. Of course, this happened during cover reveal season, so I came back to about a hundred new covers. This is roughly the first half. Check back tomorrow for EVEN MORE COVER SNARK.

10. A Tangle of Gold (The Colours of Madeleine #3) – Jaclyn MoriartyThoughts: Either they don’t care that it doesn’t match the others or there’s a deeply unfortunate redesign coming for the other two. Thanks to the magic of Google, I can tell you that the sky in the background is a stock image called “a glimpse of heaven.”

45. In Real Life – Jessica LoveThoughts: Basically if a cover looks like it could maybe be a Rainbow Rowell cover, I’m gonna love it. Though I’d love it so much more if the head phone cords didn’t make a heart.

Cover Battles:

UK vs. US: It somehow doesn’t come to a cohesive wonderful whole for me, but I do like the monster’s shadow chilling in the background. I like the ornate letters, but I think having all of END like that is a bit too much of a good thing. I like the UK cover too, but it’s also not quiiite clicking.

UK vs. US: As far as I can tell, the left is the UK and the right is the US, but it was confusing, so if you know more, please let me know. Anyway, they’re both pretty cool, though I’d go for the UK one, I think.

US Hardback vs. US Paperback vs. US Movie Tie-In: Minus the obnoxious orange sticker and the MTV stamp, I think this is doing movie tie-in right. It looks nicer than the original, and it doesn’t zoom in too close on the actors.

WTF of the Week:

WTF of the Week began as a special category for one cover I saw, but was so popular it became a recurring feature. Here, I highlight covers, both new and old, that I’ve found, which, upon viewing, made me either snort or say something along the lines of “Dear God, what is that thing?” If you would like to be part of the fun and have spotted a truly hilarious or horrifying cover, submit it and your snark to readeroffictions@gmail.com and you might be included, though I will filter through submissions and limit the number of entries per week.

10 responses to “Cover Snark (150): All the Cover Reveals, Part 1”

I’m so psyched they redesigned SIX FEET OVER IT because while I actually liked the hardcover OK, that girl looks like she’s in college, and the MC is 14. Plus I liked it a lot and it went pretty under the radar, so I’m hoping a redesign digs it up again!

Also, MarcyKate Connolly’s covers are freaking *excellent*. I’m never in the MG section so I always forget to buy her first one, but I MUST.

Totally just added THE POSSIBILITY OF NOW to my TBR; hadn’t heard of it before! I’m not counting on the OT3, but after her last book I was definitely curious to see what she’d do next.Dahlia Adler recently posted…Top Ten Books On My TBR For Summer 2015

Now I want to read Six Feet Over It really badly. Noelle Stevenson did Longo’s new covers and I basically want to buy them no matter how good the books are. :-p I often don’t like younger YA, but I’m hopeful.

Ravenous is probably my tippy top favorite cover from at least this half. SO FREAKING GORGEOUS. Also, I thought Monstrous was quite good. I think she’ll do some amazing things.

I’m not sure if The Possibility of Now is a me book. You’ll have to report back. :-p